Tonbridge Boarding Situation

[PoppyBread]

I would like to hear from parents whose sons are currently at Tonbridge as full boarders.
We are considering Tonbridge for our son. He is very sporty and particularly strong in NVR and maths. He would also thrive in an environment where he can pursue independent projects and develop his own interests.
However, he would be a full boarder without any family in the UK. I am concerned that he might feel lonely at weekends if most pupils go home. If anyone could share information based on your child’s first-hand experience, I would be very grateful.
Apart from this aspect, Tonbridge seems to tick almost all the boxes for us.

@PoppyBread Glad it was useful. The Instagram account is boardingschoolguide (all one word) and searching that directly should bring it up. The free preview link is in the bio there.
The point the former teacher just raised is worth taking seriously too. It's something I've seen from the student side as well. International students who have London bases or family friends nearby do drift off at weekends, and they're not always wrong to do so. What that means practically is that the question to ask schools isn't just how many international students they have, but how many of those students have nowhere else to go at weekends. That's a smaller number, and it's the number that actually determines whether your son would have company.
It also means the culture of the international cohort matters. At some schools those students form a genuinely tight group and weekend life has its own rhythm. At others they're more dispersed and the weekends can feel thin even when the numbers look fine on paper. The only honest way to find that out is to ask students directly during a visit, not staff, and to ask specifically about a normal Saturday evening rather than what the school says is on offer.